Backband-hook



A. A. HOPSON.

BACKBAND HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. 1920.

1,375,231 1, Patented. A r. 26,1921,

q rmml Emma fizi'wmgw UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR A. HQPSON, 0F TIPTOIN'VILLE, TENNESSEE:

BACKBAND-HOOK.

Application filed May 20,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. HoPsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tiptonville, in the county of Lake and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Backhand-Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in back band hooks, and has for an object to provide an improved device of this character that will securely hold the back band to the traces while at the same time avoiding the cutting or wearing of the back band and prevent possible slipping of the same through the hook.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive back band hook that will be capable of easy attachment to the traces and to the back band.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which snn1- lar reference symbols indicate correspond ing parts in the several views:

Figure l is a partial View of a horse w th the traces and back band applied and with an improved hook constructed in accordance with the present invention shown as securingthe back band to the traces.

*ig. 2 is a sectional view through the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the 1mproved hook; and

iiig. 4 is a perspective view of a wooden or other piece used to cooperate with the hook.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the traces are indicated at l and the back band at 2, there being chain links 3 in serted in the traces 1 to which the back band hook may be attached. It is obvious that the traces 1 may be notched so as to rece ve the back band hook, or may be otherw se constructed, this forming no part of the in vention.

The improved hook consists more part1cularly in a piece of sheet metal bent to provide a base plate 4 having a lower reduced end which is returned upon itself providing a bill 5 to engage with one of the links 3 of the traces. The hill 5 is preferablyprovided with a keeper 6 formed of a strip of resilient sheet metal riveted or otherwise se- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

1929. Serial No. 382,871.

cured to the base plate 4: as represented at 7, and preferably having its end engaging with a crlmped portion 8 of the bill 5. Of course the keeper 6 could be made of the same piece of metal as the base plate 4, if desired. The sheet metal is looped outwardly from the plate 4 to provide a casing 9 in which the back band 2 is pushed.

A stick or bar 10 of wood or other mate rial, is driven into the casing 9 after the back band 2 has been inserted therein in the manner indicated in Fig. 2. The bar 10 holds the back band tightly in the casing 9, form ng a bight therein and eifectually preventing the slipping thereof.

The casing 9 is of resilient metal and will yield and expand when the piece 10 is driven thereinto so that the resilient metal constantly tends to bind about the back band 2 and to squeeze it about the piece 10. This forms a very effective way of securing the back band and preventing its slipping.

Arms 11 extend from the base plate at each end beyond the casing 9 and receive the overturned edges 12 of the upper end of the plate 4. The ends of the arms may be soldered or otherwise secured in the edges 12 and the turning over of the edges forms a reinforce for the casin and base plate.

In use the back ban 2 is looped and pushed through the base plate 4 into the casing 9, after which the bar 10 is driven through the casing and through the loop'ed back band, thus holding the same tightly in place. The bill 5 is engaged with one of the links 3 of the traces l and the device is then in a position of use, as indicated in Fig. 1. The back band 2 may be tightened by removing the bar 10 and drawing on the lower end thereof, after which the piece is re-inserted.

The device forms a very eifective hook for the back band and may be made up cheaply.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and a1- rangernents of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claims.

I claim:

1. An improved back band hook composed of sheet metal and comprising a base plate having a reduced hook at one end, a keeper for the hook, a casing bent out of the plane of said base plate and adapted to receive the back band in a looped condition, and a 

